Color Of Water

Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Paula Buchanan

National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Walt Walker

TYLin

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Roland Jones

CIS

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Andrea León-Grossmann

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Afia Zakiya

Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Victor Galvan

Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Esteban Ortiz

The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Aria Harris

TYLin

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Olga Cano

HUD

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

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About Us

The Color of Water Initiative was created by the Water Hub to build voice and visibility for people of color in the water movement. Our goal is to connect reporters with a more diverse set of experts, and build capacity for these experts to elevate the stories of their communities, which have often been left out of conversations around water. 

 

From water access and drought response in the West to lead pipes and PFAS pollution in the Great Lakes to recurring flooding and water infrastructure failures in the South, Color of Water members have deep expertise and first-hand experience on water challenges and solutions all across the country.


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